CV of Dr.S.Moorthy Babu
1. Name Dr.S.Moorthy Babu
Address: ProfessorCrystal Growth CentreAnna UniversityChennai – 600 025
Tel: 0091-44-2235 8333Fax: 0091-44-2235 2774
Additional Duty: DirectorCentre for NanoScience and TechnologyAnna UniversityChennai – 600 025
Tel: 0091-44-2235 9112Fax: 0091-44-22
2. Gender Male
3. Date of Birth 2nd June, 1964
4. E-mail ID [email protected] ; [email protected]@yahoo.com
5. Qualifications
Degree/Diploma
University Year ofPassing
Subject ofSpecialisation
Class/Grade
B.Sc.
M.Sc.
M.Phil.
Ph.D
MadrasUniversity
MadrasUniversity
Anna University
Anna University
1984
1986
1987
1993
Physics
Physics(Electronics)
Chemical Physics
Crystal Growth: Growth,kinetics andCharacterisation ofCompound semiconductors
First Class(College First)
First Class (GOLDMEDAL)
First Class
6. Employment Experience
Positions held Responsibilities Period OrganisationName & AddressFrom To
Director, Centre forNanoscience andTechnology
Professor
Assistant Professor
Lecturer (Sr.Grade)
Lecturer
Alexander vonHumboldt Fellow
STA FELLOW
Teaching, Researchand Administration
Teaching andResearch
Teaching andResearch
Teaching andResearch
Teaching andResearch
Research
Research
12.06.2015
29.09.2008
29.09.2000
26.9.96
26.9.91
2.7.01
4.3.97
Till date
Till date
28.9.2008
28.9.2000
25.9.96
31.10.02
3.3.99
Anna UniversityChennai-600025
Anna UniversityChennai – 600025
Anna UniversityChennai- 600025
Anna UniversityChennai- 600025
Anna UniversityMadras - 600025
Hahn MeitnerInstitute, Berlin
National Institutefor Research inInorganicMaterials,Tsukuba,
Awards and Honours:
A. National :
First in the university level during M.Sc.
* JAGIRDAR OF ARNI MEDAL I 1986
* PROF.P.E.SUBRAMANI AYYAR COMMEMORATION MEDAL 1986
* DR.K.S.KRISHNAN GOLD MEDAL 1986
* DR.K.S.KRISHNAN MEMORIAL PRIZE 1986
* JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEMORIAL AWARD 1986
YOUNG PHYSICIST AWARD 1991 (INDIAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY)
IACG Prof.P.RAMASAMY AWARD, 2009
ACTIVE RESEARCHER AWARD, ANNA UNIVERSITY, INDIA, 2012
ACTIVE USER AWARD (LIBRARY), ANNA UNIVERSITY, INDIA, 2014
B. International :
YOUNG AUTHOR ATTRACTIVE PAPER, ICCG-9, 1989, JAPAN
STA FELLOWSHIP, JAPAN 1997-1999
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT FELLOWSHIP, GERMANY, 2001
ERASMUS MUNDUS ACADEMIC EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP, ITALY,2010
VISITING PROFESSOR, SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN, 2011
ERASMUS MUNDUS ACADEMIC EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP, ITALY,2013
Collaborative Exchange Fellowship, Shizuoka University, JAPAN, 2014
Brief Details of Travel and Study Abroad including Post-doctoral visits
Sl.No. Place Period Purpose
1 ICCG-9, IMR, Tohoku, Japan 17.8.1989 to28.8.1989
Participation inConference
2 ICCG-10, SanDiego, U.S.A. 5.9.1992 to 16.9.1992 Participation inConference
3 Convention Center, Antheim and TheHague, THE NETHERLANDS
9.6.1995 to 16.61995 Participation inISSCG-8 and ICCG-11
4 ICTP, Trieste Italy 18.9.1995 to6.10.1995
Participation inWorkshop
5 National Institute of Materials Science,Japan
4.3.1997 to 3.3.1999 STA Fellowship,Post DoctoralStudies
6 Hahn Meitner Institute, Berlin,Germany
02.07.2001 –31.10.2002
ALEXANDER vonHUMBOLDTFellowship
7 International Summer School onCrystal Growth, Berlin, Germany,
August, 1-7, 2004 Participation inSummer School
8 International Conference on CrystalGrowth – 14, Grenoble, France,
August, 9-14, 2004 Participation andpresentation ofpapers in theConference
9 Kick off Meeting EU-Asia LinkProgramme, Politechnico di Torino,Italy
29-30, November,2004
Project Meeting (EU-Asia Programme)
10 NIMS, Japan 1-15, March, 2005 Short Training andCharacterisation ofCrystals
11 First Year Review Meeting EU-AsiaLink Programme, Luoyang, China
19-23, September,2005
Project Meeting (EU-Asia Programme)
12 Asian Conference on Crystal Growthand Crystal Technology, Beijing,China
October, 16-18, 2005 Participation andpresentation ofpapers in theConference
13 Young Teacher Training andworkshop, EU-Asia Link Programme,Politechnico di Torino, Italy
14-24, November,2006
Short Training andWorkshop (EU-Asia Programme)
14 International Conference on CrystalGrowth (ICCG-15), Salt Lake City,USA.
August, 12-17, 2007 Participation andpresentation ofpapers in theConference
15 Third Year Review Meeting EU-AsiaLink Programme, SouthamptonUniversity,United Kingdom
23-29, Feb, 2008 Project Meeting (EU-Asia Programme)
16 BUET, Bangladesh 14-17, May, 2009 Participation inConference
17 University of Pisa, Italy 1.9.2009 to 7.9.2009 Participation inConference ISLNOM-5
18 Politechnico di Torino, Italy 1.6.2010 to 31.7.2010 Erasmus MundusAcademic ExchangeFellowship
19 Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu,Japan
15.12.2010 to14.2.2011
Indo-JapanCollaborativeProgramme
20 Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu,Japan
12.12.2011 to21.12.2011
Indo-JapanCollaborativeProgramme
21 Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu,Japan
19.10.2012 to29.10.2012
Indo-JapanCollaborativeProgramme
22 National Taiwan University, Taipei,Taiwan
11.11.2012 to15.11.2012
InternationalConference onRenewable Energy
23 Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu,Japan
27.09.2013 to7.10.2013
Indo-JapanCollaborativeProgramme
24 Politechnico di Torino, Italy 19.05.2014 to15.06.2014
Erasmus MundusAcademic ExchangeFellowship
25 Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu,Japan
1.10.2014 to31.12.2014
Indo-JapanCollaborativeProgrammeVisit under MoU
Ph.D Thesis Completed
S.No
Name of the ResearchStudent
Year ofCompletion
Title of the thesis
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9.
Dr.N.Senguttuvan
Dr.A.M.Sembian
Dr.R.Kumaresan
Dr.Premila Mohan
Dr.M.Haris
Dr..P.Veeramani
Dr.P.Kumaresan
Dr.(Ms).S.K.Geetha
Dr.A.Senthilkumaran
1997
1999
2001
2001
2006
2007
2008
2008
2008
Some investigations on the growth of leadmolybdate and lead tungstate single crystalsand their charecterization.
Liquid phase epitaxy and characterization ofthick related SiGe layers on Si(100) substratesand their applications to solar cells.
Novel ‘Photochemical Deposition’ andconventional ‘Electrochemical Deposition’of CdS and HgxCd1-xTe semiconductor thin filmsand their characterization for solar cellapplications
Investigations on the bulk growth of InSb andInSbBi crystals by vertical Bridgman techniqueand their characterization.
Growth of some III-V binary and ternary bulkcrystals and effect of Sn ion implantation onInSb bulk substrates
Investigation on growth and Characterization ofCdTe and CdZnTe crystals and development ofschottky barrier diode and high energy gammaray detector.
Growth and characterization of KH2PO4 (KDP)crystals doped with metal ion, dyes, amino acidsand effect of swift heavy ion irradiation ondoped KDP crystals.
Effect of additives in nucleation kinetics andgrowth of potassium acid phthalate crystals(KAP) from solution and dielectric and Z-scanstudies on grown crystals.
Growth of Pure and Rare Earth (Nd3+ and Yb3+)doped Double Tungstates [KGd(WO4)2] and[KY(WO4)2] and their characterisation
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Dr.M.Abd el_Sadek
Dr.R.Perumal
Dr.P.Kumar
Dr.P.Samuel
Dr.V.Kathirvel
Dr.K.Senthilkumar
Dr.D.Thangaraju
Dr.J.Ramkumar
Dr.A.Durairajan
Mr.D.Balaji
Mr.S.Ananthakumar
2009
2009
2010
2011
2011
2011
2012
2015
2015
2015
2015
Synthesis and Characterization of CdTe andCeTe-Related (Core-Shell) Nanocrystals
Growth and Characterization of Allylthioureabased nonlinear optical and Glycine phosphite –Ferroelectric single crystals
Growth of Lithium Niobate single crystals andFabrication of nonlinear optical devices
Investigation on rare earth ion doped solid statelaser hosts: Single crystals and transparentceramics
Correlation between structural stability andelectronic structure of f-electron basedIntermetallic compounds under Pressure
Studies on Growth and Properties of Pure anddoped (metals, rare earths, dyes and aminoacid) Glycine Phosphite (GPI) Single Crystals
Single Crystal Growth of Pr3+:KGd(WO4)2 andNano powder Synthesis of KRE(WO4)2
(RE=La3+-Lu3+) and their Characterization
Solution Phase Synthesis of CuInSe2Nanoparticles and Their Characterization
Growth of K1-xNaxGd(WO4)2 Crystals andSynthesis of Pure and Ln3+ DopedNaGd(WO4)2(Ln3+=Pr3+, Sm3+, Eu3+, Dy3+ andTm3+) Phosphors
Synthesis and Luminescence Properties ofCsGd(WO4)2:Re3+ Phosphors
Investigations on Chalcogenides and TiO2nanostructures for Solar Cells
7. List of Publications (Only journal publications with impact factor)
1. Electrodeposition Kinetics of Gallium ArsenideS.Moorthy Babu, L.Durai, R.Dhanasekaran and P.RamasamyBull. Mater. Sci., 13 (l990) 41
2. Thin Film Deposition and Characterization of CuInSe2S.Moorthy Babu, R.Dhanasekaran and P.RamasamyThin Solid Films, 198 (l991) 269
3. Electrodeposition of CdSe by ASWP TechniqueS.Moorthy Babu, R.Dhanasekaran and P.RamasamyBull. Electrochem., 6 (l990) 732
4. Electrodeposition of CdTe by Potentiostatic and Periodic Pulse TechniqueS.Moorthy Babu, R.Dhanasekaran and P.RamasamyThin Solid Films, 202 (l99l) 67
5. Electrodeposition of CdSexTe1-x by Periodic Pulse TechniqueS.Moorthy Babu, T.Rajalakshmi, R.Dhanasekaran and P.RamasamyJ.Crystal Growth, 110 (l99l) 423
6. New Materials for Optoelectronic ApplicationsS.Moorthy Babu, R.Dhanasekaran and P.RamasamyPhysics Teacher 13 (1992) 41
7. Electrocrystallisation from an aqueous SolutionS.Moorthy Babu and P.Ramasamy,Recent Trends in Crystal Growth, Vol.2 Ed.P.Ramasamy, AnnaUniversity, 1992.
8. Nucleation Phenomena during Electrochemical Phase FormationS.Moorthy Babu, R.Dhanasekaran and P.Ramasamyin "Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols" Ed. N.Fukuta andP.E.Wagner, Deepak Publishing Co., USA, 1992.
9. Electrocrystallization and characterisation of CuInSe2 thin filmG.Sasikala, S.Moorthy Babu and R.DhanasekaranMaterials Chemistry and Physics, 42 (1995) 210
10. Photoconductivity studies of CdSexTe1-x thin films as a function of doping concentrationD.Ravichandran, F.P.Xavier, G.Sasikala and S.Moorthy BabuBulletin of Materials Science 19 (1996) 437
11. Some aspects on the growth of lead molybdate single crystals and their characterisationN.Senguttuvan, S.Moorthy Babu and R.Dhanasekaran (Impact. 1.657)Materials Chemistry and Physics, 49 (1997) 120
12. Synthesis, crystal growth and mechanical properties of lead molybdateN.Senguttuvan, S.Moorthy Babu and C.SubramanianMaterials Science and Engineering B, 47 (1997) 269
13. Etching and microhardness studies on lead molybdate single crystalsN.Senguttuvan, S.Moorthy Babu and C.SubramanianJ.Materials Science Letters, 16 (1997) 1274
14. Crystal growth and characterization of sucrose single crystals,R. Kumaresan and S. Moorthy BabuMaterials Chemistry and Physics, Volume 49, (1997), 83-86
15. Czochralski growth and characterisation of lead tungstate single crystalsN.Senguttuvan, Premila Mohan, S.Moorthy Babu and C.Subramanian
J.Crystal Growth, 183 (1998) 391-397
16. A study of the optical and mechanical properties of PbWO4 single crystalsN.Senguttuvan, Premila Mohan, S.Moorthy Babu and P.RamasamyJ.Crystal Growth, 191 (1998) 130-134
17. Bulk growth of InSb crystals for infrared device applicationsPremila Mohan, N.Senguttuvan, S.Moorthy Babu, P.Santhanaraghavan and P.RamasamyJ.Crystal Growth, 200 (1999) 96-100
18. Investigations on electrochemical growth and properties of mercury cadmium telluridesemiconductor thin films for device fabricationR.Kumaresan, S.Moorthy Babu and P.RamasamyJ.Crystal Growth, 198-199 (1999) 1165-1169
19. Morphological studies on electrodeposited mercury telluride thin filmsR.Kumaresan, S.Moorthy Babu and P.RamasamyMaterials Chemistry and Physics, 59 (1999) 1-7
20. Defect distribution and morphology development of SiGe layers grown on Si(100) substrate byLPEA.M.Sembian, M.Konuma, I.Silier, A.Gutjahr, N.Rollbuhler, F.Banhart,S.Moorthy Babu and P.RamasamyThin Solid Films, 336 (1998) 116-119
21. Influence of cooling rate on the dislocations and related luminescence in the LPE SiGe layersgrown on Si(100) substratesA. M. Sembian, F. Banhart, M. Konuma, J. Weber, S. Moorthy Babu and P. RamasamyThin Solid Films 372 ( 2000) 1-5
22. Interband transitions in BGO with different [M]/Bi ratioS.Moorthy Babu, K.Kitamura, S.Takegawa, H.Okushi, T.Shimizu and I.BaggioJ.Optical Society of America B., 16 (1999) 1234-1239
23. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic studies of electrochemically grown Mercury Cadmium Telluridesemiconductor thin filmsR.Kumaresan, R.Gopalakrishnan, S.Moorthy Babu and P.RamasamyJournal of Physics and Chemistry of solids, 61 (2000), 765-771
24. Quality assessment of Bridgman grown CdTe single crystals using double crystal X-rayDiffractometry (DCD) and Synchrotron radiationR.Kumaresan, R.Gopalakrishnan, S.Moorthy Babu, P.Ramasamy, Peter Zaumseil and MasayaIchimuraJournal of Crystal Growth, 210 (2000) 193-197
25. Growth of inclusion free InSb crystals by vertical bridgman methodPremila Mohan, N.Senguttuvan, S.Moorthy Babu and P.RamasamyJ.Crystal Growth, 211 (2000) 207-210
26. Growth, phase analysis and mechanical properties of InSb1-xBix crystals,Premila Mohan, S. Moorthy Babu, P. Santhanaraghavan and P. RamasamyMaterials Chemistry and Physics, Volume 66, (2000), 17-21
27. Growth and characterization of Bi12SiO20 and Bi12GeO20 crystalsS.Kumaragurubaran, S.Moorthy Babu, C.Subramanian and P.RamasamyIndian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences Vol.7, No.5-6 (2000) 331
28. Defect analysis in Czochralski grown Bi12SiO20 crystalsS.Kumaragurubaran, S.Moorthy Babu, K.Kitamura, S.Takegawa, C.Subramanian andP.RamasamyJournal of Crystal Growth Vol. 229 (2001) 233
29. Studies on Vertical Bridgman Grown InSb for Sensor ApplicationsM.Haris, S.Moorthy Babu and R.DhanasekaranSensor Technology, 1 (2002) 301 – 304
30. Formation of an Interfacial MoSe2 Layer in CVD grown CuGaSe2 Based Thin film Solar cellsR.Wurz, D.Fuertes Marron, A.Meeder, A.Rumberg, S.Moorthy Babu, Th.Shedel-Niedrig,U.Bloeck, P.Schubert Bischoff and M.Ch.Lux-SteinerThin Solid Films, 431- 432 (2003) 398-402
31. Microstructural properties of CVD grown CuGaSe2 based thin film solar cellsD.Fuertes Marron, A.Meeder, U.Bloeck, P.Schubert Bischoff, N.Pfander, R.Wurz, S.MoorthyBabu, Th.Schedel-Niedrig and M.Ch.Lux-SteinerThin Solid Films 431-432 (2003) 237-241
32. Surface and Bulk Properties of CuGaSe2 Thin FilmsA.Meeder, D.Fuertes Marron, R.Wurz, S.M.Babu, T.Schedel-Niedrig, M.Ch.Lux Steiner,L.Weinhardt, R.Stresing, C.Heske and E.Umbach
J.Phys. and Chem. Of Solids, 64 (2003) 1553–1557
33. Optimisation of the CBD CdS Deposition Parameters for ZnO/CdS/CuGaSe2/Mo Solar CellsM. Rusu, A. Rumberg, S. Schuler, S. Nishiwaki, R. Würz, S. M. Babu, M.Dziedzina, C. Kelch, S. Siebentritt, R. Klenk, Th. Schedel-Niedrig and M. Ch. Lux-Steiner
J. Physics and Chemistry of solids, 64 (2003) 1849–1853
34. Stoichiometry and doping induced modifications in the properties of Bi12SiO20 single crystalsS.Moorthy Babu, K.Kitamura and S.TakekawaJ.Crystal Growth, 275 (2005) 681-686
35. Thermal stability and environmental effect on CuGaSe2 thin film solar cellsS.Moorthy Babu, A.Meeder, D. Fuertes Marro´n, T. Schedel-Niedrig and M.Ch. Lux-SteinerJ.Crystal Growth, 275 (2005) 1235 – 1240
36. Composition and growth procedure dependent properties of electrodeposited CuInSe2 thin filmsS.Moorthy Babu, A.Ennaoui, and M.Ch. Lux-SteinerJ.Crystal Growth, 275 (2005) 1241 – 1246
37. Growth and Characterisation of pure and doped KY(WO4)2 crystalsA.Senthil Kumaran, A.Lakshmi Chandru, S.Moorthy Babu and M.IchimuraJ.Crystal Growth, 275 (2005) 1901 – 1905
38. Crystal Growth of Pure and Doped KGd (WO4)2 and their Characterization for Laser ApplicationsA.Senthil Kumaran, A.Lakshmi Chandru, S.Moorthy Babu, I.Bhaumik, S.Ganesamoorthy,A.K.Karnal and V.K.WadhawanJ.Crystal Growth, 275 (2005) 2117 – 2121
39. Influence of ultrasonification in CdS thin film deposition in PCD techniqueS. Soundeswaran, O. Senthil Kumar, S. Moorthy Babu, P. Ramasamy andR.DhanasekaranMaterials Letters, 59 (2005) 1785
40. Structural Investigations on Lithium Niobate Grown by Czochralski TechniqueA. Claude, V. Vaithianathan, S. Moorthy Babu and P. Ramasamy.Journal of Applied Sciences 5(10): (2005) 1744-1748,
41 Habit modification and improvement in properties of potassium hydrogen phthalate (KAP) crystalsdoped with metal ionsS.K.Geetha, R.Perumal, S.Moorthy Babu and P.M.AnbarasanCrystal Research and Technology 41 (2006) 221-224
42. High Energy Sn ion implantation induced effects in InSb substratesM.Haris, P.Veeramani, P.Jayavel, Y.Hayakawa, D.Kanjilal and S.Moorthy BabuNuclear Instruments and Meth. B 244 (2006) 179-182
43. Crystal Growth and Characterization of KY(WO4)2 and KGd(WO4)2 for laser applicationsA.Senthil Kumaran, S.Moorthy Babu, S.Ganesamoorthy, I.Bhaumik and A.K.KarnalJ.Crystal Growth, 292 (2006) 368 – 372
44. Investigation of swift heavy ion irradiation effects in CdTe crystalsP.Veeramani, M.Haris, D.Kanjilal, K.Asokan and S.Moorthy BabuJ.Phys.D:Appl. Phys, 39 (2006) 2707 - 2710
45. Effect of metal ion and amino acid doping on the optical performance of KDP single crystalsP. Kumaresan, S. Moorthy Babu, P. M. AnbarasanOptoelectronics and Advanced Materials – Rapid Communications, 9 (2007) 65
46. Growth and Characterisation of InAsxSb1-x bulk crystals and growth rate measurementsM. Haris, P. Veeramani, P.Jayavel, Y. Hayakawa and S. Moorthy BabuMaterials and Manufacturing Processes, 22 (2007) 404 – 408
47. Investigation of CdTex and Cd1-xZnxTe Schottky barrier diode structure based –ray detectorsP.Veeramani, M.Haris and S.Moorthy BabuMaterials and Manufacturing Processes, 22 (2007) 375 - 378
48. Effect of different metal ions on the structural, thermal, spectroscopic and optical properties ofATCC and ATMC single crystalsR.Perumal and S.Moorthy BabuCrystal Research and Technology, 42 (2007) 838 - 843
49. Growth and Characterisation of metal ions and dye doped KDP single crystalsP.Kumaresan, S.Moorthy Babu and P.M.AnbarasanOptoelectronics and Advanced Materials – Rapid, 9 (2007) 2774
50. Growth and characterization of pure and amino acid (L-Glutamic acid, L-histidine, L-Valine)doped KDP single crystalsP.Kumaresan, S.Moorthy Babu and P.M.AnbarasanJournal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials, 16 (2007) 255 – 268
51. Effect of sodium fluoroborate (NaBF4 ) doping on the NLO properties of L-Histidine singlecrystalsD.Syamala, K.V.Rajendran, R.K.Natarajan and S.Moorthy BabuCrystal Growth and Design, 7 (2007) 1695 – 1698
52. Optical Studies on Pure and Amino acids doped KDP crystalP.Kumaresan, S.Moorthy Babu and P.M.AnbarasanOptoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 9 (2007) 2780
53. Effect of copper thiourea complex on the performance of KDP single crystalsP.Kumaresan, S.Moorthy Babu and P.M.Anbarasan Optoelectronics andAdvanced Materials, 9 (2007) 2787
54. Influence of swift ions and proton implantation on the formation of opticalwaveguides in Lithium NiobateP.Kumar, S.Moorthy Babu, S.Ganesamoorthy, A.K.Karnal and D.KanjilalJ.Appl. Phys, 102 (2007) 084905
55. Growth and characterization of an organometallic nonlinear optical material tri-allylthioureacadmium chloride (ATCC)R.Perumal and S.Moorthy BabuMaterials Chemistry and Physics, 107 (2008) 23-27
56. Investigation of Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation Effects on Au/CdTe and Au/CdZnTe Schottky BarrierDiodeP. Veeramani, M. Haris, S. Moorthy Babu, D. Kanjilal and P.SugathanRadiation Measurements, 43 (2008) 56-61
57. Growth and characterization of metal ions and dyes doped KDP single crystals for laserapplicationsP. Kumaresan, S. Moorthy Babu and P.M. AnbarasanMaterials Research Bulletin 43 (2008) 1716-1723
58. Thermal, dielectric studies on pure and amino acid (L-Glutamic acid, L-histidine, L-Valine) dopedKDP single crystalsP.Kumaresan, S.Moorthy Babu and P.M.AnbarasanOptical Materials, 30 (2008) 1361-1368.
59. Growth and characterization of an organometallic tri-allylthiourea complex non linear opticalcrystalsR.Perumal and S.Moorthy BabuJ.Crystal Growth 310 (2008) 2050-2057
60. Effect of irradiation of swift heavy ions on dyes doped KDP crystals for laser applicationsP.Kumaresan, S.Moorthy Babu and P.M.AnbarasanJ.Crystal Growth 310 (2008) 1999 - 2004
61. Growth and Characterization of Ytterbium doped KGd(WO4)2 single crystalP.Samuel and S.Moorthy BabuCrystal Research Technology 43 (2008) 1036 - 1040
62. Photovoltaic effect and photoconductivity in Sc-doped near-stoichiometric LiNbO3 crystalsMasaru Nakamura, Shunji Takekawa, Youwen Liu, Somu Kumaragurubaran, S. Moorthy Babu,Hideki Hatano, Kenji KitamuraOptical Materials, 31 (2008) 280-283
63. Optical Properties of thiol stabilised CdTe nanoparticlesM.S.Abd El-Sadek, J.Ramkumar and S.Moorthy BabuInternational Journal of Nanoparticles, 2 (2009) 20-29
64. Potassium Tellurite as Tellurium Source in Mercaptoacetic-Acid-Capped CdTe NanoparticlesM.S.Abd El-Sadek, J.Ramkumar and S.Moorthy BabuCurrent Applied Physics 10 (2010) 317-322
65. Recharging process, hillock formation, implanted strain under H+ ionimplantation in titanium doped lithium niobateP.Kumar, S.Moorthy BabuNIMB 268 (2010) 172-177
66. Growth of two dimensional KGd (WO4)2 nanorods by modifiedSol-gel Pechini methodD.Thangaraju, P.Samuel and S.Moorthy BabuOptical Materials 32 (2010) 1321-1324
67. Influence of dopant concentration on the structural and optical characteristics in Ti doped LiNbO3
P. Kumar, S. Moorthy Babu, I. Bhaumik, S. Ganesamoorthy, A. K. Karnal, A. K. Pandey and R.RamanOptical Materials 32 (2010) 1364-1367
68. Optical Characterisation of ferroelectric glycinium phosphate single CrystalsR.Perumal, K.Senthil Kumar, S.Moorthy Babu and G.BhagavannarayanaJ.Alloys and Compounds, 490 (2010) 342-349
69. Synthesis, Growth and Characterisation of an organometallic complex tri-allylthiourea CadmiumBromide Single crystalsR.Perumal and S.Moorthy BabuCurrent Applied Physics, 10 (2010) 858-865
70. Selective Synthesis and Characterization of CdTe@Mn(OH)2 (Core-Shell)Composite NanoparticlesM.S..Abd El-sadek, J.Ram Kumar, S. Moorthy Babu and M.S. El-HamidyJ.Alloys and Compounds, 496 (2010) 589-594
71. Aqueous Synthesis and Characterization of CdTe@Co(OH)2 (core-shell) CompositeNanoparticlesM.S..Abd El-sadek, J.Ram Kumar, S. Moorthy Babu and M.S. El-HamidyMaterials Chemistry and Physics 124 (2010) 592 - 599
72. Growth and optical characterization of colloidal CdTe nanoparticles capped by a bifunctionalmoleculeM.S. Abd El-sadek, S. Moorthy BabuPhysica B: Condensed Matter, 405 (2010) 3279-3283
73. Synthesis, crystal growth, structural, spectral and optical properties of tri-allylthiourea mercurybromide (ATMB) single crystalsR. Perumal, S. Moorthy BabuPhysica B: Condensed Matter, 405 (2010) 4303-4306
74. Synthesis, crystal growth and characterization of a metal-organic nonlinear optical tri-allylthioureamercury chloride single crystalsR. Perumal, S. Moorthy BabuOptics Communications, 283 (2010) 4368 -4371
75. Efficient energy transfer between Ce3+ and Nd3+ in cerium codoped Nd:YAG laser qualitytransparent ceramicsP. Samuel, T. Yanagitani, H. Yagi, H.Nakao, Ken Ichi Ueda, S. Moorthy BabuJournal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 507, 2 (2010) pp. 475-478
76. Crystal growth, structural perfection, phase transition, optical, and etching studies of dopedglycine phosphite ferroelectric single crystalsR. Perumal, S. Moorthy Babu, G. BhagavannarayanaJournal of Alloys and Compounds, 505 (2010) 268-272
77. Crystal growth and characterization of Deuterated Glycine Phosphite single crystalsR. Perumal, S. Moorthy BabuMaterials Letters, 64 (2010) 2142-2144
78. XPS, HRXRD and Refractive index analyses of Ti ions doped lithium niobate (Ti: LiNbO3)nonlinear optical single crystalP. Kumar, S. Moorthy Babu, S. Perero, Indranil Bhaumik, S. Ganesamoorthy, A. K. KarnalPRAMANA-Journal of Physics, 75 (2010)1035 -1040
79. Electronic structure of URh3 up to 40 GPaV Kathirvel, Sharat Chandra, N.V.Chandrashekar, P.Ch.Sahu and S.Moorthy BabuJournal of Physics: Conference Series 215 (2010) 012115
80. Nano hillock and complex crater formation by low-energy proton implantation with incident angleinto lithium niobate single crystalP. Kumar and S. Moorthy BabuRadiation Effects & Defects in Solids 166 (2011) 258-264
81. Nucleation kinetics and growth aspects of glycine phosphate ferroelectric single crystalsR.Perumal and S.Moorthy BabuMaterials Chemistry and Physics, 126 (2011) 381-385
82. Effect of dysprosium active ions on spectral properties of KGW single crystalsP. Samuel, D.Thangaraju and S. Moorthy BabuJournal of Alloys and Compounds, 509 ( 2011) 177-180
83. Influence of pH and microwave calcinations on the morphology of KGd(WO4)2 particles derived byPecini Sol-Gel methodD.Thangaraju, S.Moorthy Babu, P.Samuel, A.Durairajan and Y.HayakawaJ.Sol-Gel. Sci. Technology, 58 (2011) 419-426
84. A controlled approach for synthesizing CdTe@CrOOH (core-shell) composite nanoparticlesM.S.Abd El-sadek and S.Moorthy BabuCurrent Applied Physics, 11 (2011) 926-932
85. Growth of homogeneous polycrystalline Si1-xGex and Mg2Si1-xGex for thermoelectric applicationY.Hayakawa, M.Arivanandhan, Y.Saito, T.Koyama, Y.Momose, H.Ikeda, A.Tanaka, C.Wen,Y.Kubota, T.Nakamura, S.Bhattachary, D.K.Aswal, S.Moorthy Babu, Y.Inatomi and H.TatsuokaThin Solid Films, 519 (2011) 8532-8537
86. Spectroscopic analysis of Eu doped transparent CaF2 ceramics at different concentrationP. Samuel, H. Ishizawa, Y. Ezura, Ken Ichi Ueda and S. Moorthy BabuOptical Materials 33 (2011) 735-737
87. CdTe@Cu(OH)2 Nanocomposite: Aqueous Synthesis and CharacterizationM. S. Abd El-sadek and S. Moorthy BabuJournal of Solid State Chemistry, 184 (2011) 1135-1140
88. Influence of Different Stabilizer on the Optical and Nonlinear Optical Properties of CdTeNanoparticlesM.S.Abd El-sadek, A.Y Nooralden,S. Moorthy Babu and P.K. PalanisamyOptics Communication 284 (2011) 2900 - 2904
89. Study of the influence of dopants on the crystalline perfection of ferroelectric glycine phosphatesingle crystals using high resolution X-ray diffraction analysisK.Senthil Kumar, S.Moorthy Babu and G.BhagavannarayanaJ.Applied Crystallography, 44 (2011) 313 - 318
90. Polymerized Complex Sol-Gel Synthesis, Structural and Optical Properties of Monoclinic Eu3+
Doped KGd(WO4)2 Crystalline Red PhosphorsD.Thangaraju, A.Durairajan, S.Moorthy Babu and Y.HayakawaAIP Proceedings 1391 (2011) 54-58
91. Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Mercaptoacetic Acid- Capped CdTe Nanoparticles byZ-scan TechniqueM. S. Abd El-sadek, S. Moorthy Babu, Ahmad Y. Nooralden, and P. K. PalanisamyNanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters 3 (2011) 637-642
92. Paramagnetic Potassium Holmium double Tungstate Nanocrystals: Synthesis andCharacterizationD.Thangaraju, A.Durairajan, S.Moorthy Babu and Y.HayakawaJournal of Alloys and Compounds 509 (2011) 9890 - 9896
93. Efficient Energy Transfer Between Ce3+/Cr3+ and Nd3+ ions in Transparent Nd/Ce/Cr:YAGceramicsP.Samuel, G.A.Kumar, T.Yanagitani, H.Yagi, K.Ueda and S.Moorthy BabuOptical Materials 34 (2011) 303-307
94. Development of Co-doped Transparent YAG Ceramics for Efficient Energy Transfer for SolarPumped Laser ApplicationsS.Moorthy Babu, P.Samuel, D.Thangaraju, T.Yanagitani, H.Yagi and K.UedaKIRAN, 22 (2011) 32-35
95. Improvement in Structural, Dielectric, Ferroelectricand Mechanical Properties in Metal IonsDoped Glycine Phosphite Single CrystalsK.Senthilkumar, S.Moorthy Babu, Binay Kumar and G.BhagavannarayanaFerroelectrics 437 (2012) 126-136
96. Synthesis and Characterization of Pure and Mn doped CdS nanoparticles and thin filmsD.Venkatesan, D.Deepan, J.Ramkumar, S.Moorthy Babu and R.DhanasekaranJournal of Nanomaterials 2012 (2012), Article ID 492573, 8 pages
97. SiO2/KGd(WO4)2:Eu3+ Composite Luminescent Nanoparticles: Synthesis and CharacterizationD.Thangaraju, A. Durairajan, D. Balaji, S. Moorthy Babu and Y.HayakawaMaterials Chemistry and Physics 135 (2012) 1115-1123
98. Synthesis, crystalline perfection, optical and dielectric studies on metal-organic tri-allylthioureacadmium chloride (ATCC) nonlinear optical single crystal by solution growth techniqueR. Perumal, S. Moorthy BabuJournal of Alloys and Compounds, 538 (2012) 131-135
99. Synthesis, Structural and vibrational studies on Mixed Alkali metal Gadolinium Double Tungstate,K1-xNaxGd(WO4)2A. Durairajan, D. Thangaraju, and S. Moorthy BabuOptical Materials 35 (2013) 735-739
100. Sol-Gel Synthesis and Characterizations of Nano Crystalline NaGd(WO4)2 for AnisotropicTransparent Ceramic Laser ApplicationA.Durairajan, D. Thangaraju, D. Balaji and S. Moorthy BabuOptical Materials 35 (2013) 740-743
101. Synthesis and characterization of monoclinic KGd(WO4)2 particles for non-cubic transparentceramicsD. Thangaraju, A. Durairajan, D. Balaji and S. Moorthy BabuOptical Materials 35 (2013) 753-756
102. Structural, Compositional and Optical analysis of InAsxSb1-x crystals grown by Vertical DirectionalSolidification MethodM.Haris, Y.Hayakawa, F.C.Chou, P.Veeramani and S.Moorthy BabuJournal of Alloys and Compounds, 548 (2013) 23-26
103. Novel KGd1-(x+y)EuxBiy (W1-zMozO4)2 nanocrystalline red phosphors for tricolor white LEDsD.Thangaraju, A. Durairajan, D. Balaji, S. Moorthy Babu and Y.HayakawaJournal of Luminescence, 134 (2013) 244-250
104. Effect of rare earth ions on the properties of Glycine Phosphite single crystalsK.Senthilkumar, S.Moorthy Babu, Binay Kumar and G.BhagavannarayanaJournal of Crystal Growth 362 (2013) 343-348
105. Growth, vibrational and luminescence analysis of monoclinic KGd(1-x)Prx(WO4)2 (x=0.5, 2, 5 %)single crystalsD.Thangaraju, A. Durairajan, P.Samuel and S.Moorthy BabuJournal of Crystal Growth 362 (2013) 319-323
106. Synthesis, structural and luminescence analysis of NaGd1-xTbx(WO4)2 solid solution for white LEDapplicationA.Durairajan, D.Thangaraju, D.Balaji and S.Moorthy BabuAIP Conf. Proc. 1512 (2013) 1230-1231
107. Synthesis and characterization of Eu3+:YAG nanopowder by precipitation methodD.Balaji, D.Thangaraju, A.Durairajan and S.Moorthy BabuAIP Conf. Proc. 1512 (2013) 1234-1235
108. Tailoring Sol-Gel synthesis of CsPr(WO4)2 nano sheets for red phosphorsD. Balaji, D.Thangaraju, A. Durairajan and S. Moorthy BabuMaterials Science and Engineering B, 178(2013) 762-767
109. Enhanced Light absorption in CdTe nanoparticle/P3HT nanofiber blendsS.Ananthakumar, J.Ramkumar and S.Moorthy BabuAIP Conf. Proc. 1536 (2013) 167-168
110. Properties of Ferroelectric Glycine Phosphite Single CrystalsK.Senthil Kumar, S.Moorthy Babu, Binay Kumar and G.BhagavannarayanaAIP Conf. Proc. 1536 (2013) 901-902
111. Synthesis and vibrational characterization of KLa(WO4)2 crystalline powders by modified PechinimethodK.Kavi Rasu, A.Durairajan, D.Balaji and S.Moorthy BabuAIP Conf. Proc. 1536 (2013) 1147-1148
112. Multi-photon induced photoluminescence in TGA capped CdTe nanoparticlesJ.Jayabalan, S.Ananthakumar, S.Khan, Asha Singh, Puspen Mondal, A.K.Srivastava, S.MoorthyBabu and Rama ChariAsian Journal of Chemistry, 25 (2013) S42-S44
113. Influence of Dopants on Vickers Microhardness of Ferroelectric Glycine Phosphite Single CrystalsK.Senthil Kumar, S.Moorthy Babu and Binay KumarProc. Indian National Science Academy, 79 (2013) 423-426
114. Effect of fluorine doping on the structural, optical and electrical properties of spray depositedcadmium stannate thin filmsP.V. Bhuvaneswari, P Velusamy, R.Ramesh Babu, S.Moorthy Babu and K. RamamurthiMaterials Science in Semiconductor Processing 16 (6), (2013) 1964-1970
115. Analysis of dissolution and growth process of SiGe alloy semiconductor based on penetratedX-ray intensitiesM.Omprakash M.Arivanandhan, R. Arun Kumar, H.Morii , T.Aoki, T.Koyama, Y.Momose,H.Ikeda, H.Tatsuoka, Y.Okano, T.Ozawa, S.Moorthy Babu, Y.Inatomi, Y.HayakawaJournal of Alloys and Compounds 590 (2014) 96-101
116. Sol–gel synthesis and luminescent properties of Eu3+:CsGd(WO4)2 red emitting phosphorsD. Balaji, A. Durairajan, K.Kavi Rasu, S.Moorthy BabuJournal of Luminescence 146 (2014) 458–463
117. Size independent peak shift between normal and upconversion photoluminescence in MPA-capped CdTe nanoparticlesS. Ananthakumar, J. Jayabalan, A. Singh, S. Khan, S. Prajapati, S.Moorthy Babu and R.ChariPRAMANA 82 (2014) 353-358
118. Effect of co-sensitization of CdSe nanoparticles with N3 dye on TiO2 nanotubesS.Ananthakumar, J.Ramkumar and S.Moorthy BabuSolar Energy 106 (2014) 136-142
119. Effect of Ligand Exchange in Optical and Morphological Properties of CdTe nanoparticles/P3HTblendsS.Ananthakumar, J.Ramkumar and S.Moorthy BabuSolar Energy 106 (2014) 151-158
120. Hydrothermal Synthesis and Characterization of CuInSe2 nanoparticles using ethylenediamine ascapping agentJ.Ramkumar, S.Ananthakumar and S.Moorthy BabuSolar Energy 106 (2014) 177-183
121. Synthesis of thiol modified-cadmium selenide nanoparticle-P3HT blends for hybrid solar cellstructuresS.Ananthakumar, J.Ramkumar and S.Moorthy BabuMaterials Science in Semiconductor Processing 22 (2014) 44-49
122. Facile synthesis and transformation of Te nanorods to CdTe nanoparticles for solar cellapplicationsS.Ananthakumar, J.Ramkumar and S.Moorthy BabuMaterials Science in Semiconductor Processing 27 (2014) 12-18
123. The effect of deuteration and doping on the phase transition temperature of grown glycinephosphite single crystalsR Perumal, A Lakshmi Chandru, S Moorthy BabuAIP Proceedings, 1591 (2014) 1256-1258
124. Synthesis and Characterization of Sub-micron NaGd1-xEux(WO4)2 Red Phosphor for Application inWhite Light emitting DiodesA.Durairajan, D.Balaji, K.Kavirasu and S.Moorthy BabuJ.Luminescence 157 (2015) 357-364
125. High power factor of Ga-doped compositionally homogeneous Si0.68Ge0.32 bulk crystal grown bythe vertical temperature gradient freezing methodM.Omprakash, M.Arivanandhan, T. Koyama, Y. Momose, H. Ikeda, H.Tatsuoka, D. K. Aswal,S.Bhattacharya, Y.Okano, T.Ozawa, Y. Inatomi, S. Moorthy Babu, Y. HayakawaCrystal Growth & Design 15 (2015) 1380-1388
126. Photoluminescence Properties of novel Sm3+ and Dy3+ co-activated CsGd(WO4)2 PhosphorsD. Balaji, A. Durairajan, K.Kavi Rasu, S.Moorthy BabuJournal of Alloys and Compounds, 637 (2015) 350-360
127. Synthesis of Oleylamine capped Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 nanoparticles using 1-dodecanethiolas sulphur sourceS.Ananthakumar, J.Ramkumar, Y.Hayakawa and S.Moorthy BabuJapanese Journal of Applied Sciences (2015) in press
9. Books Published /Chapters contributed
Authors Title Publishers YearJ.Kumar,S.Moorthy BabuS.Vasudevan
Engineering Physics Vijay NicoleImprints Pvt. Ltd.,Chennai
2005
J.Kumar,S.Moorthy BabuS.Vasudevan
Materials Science Vijay NicoleImprints Pvt. Ltd.,Chennai
2007
Books Edited
One of the editors for the
Proceedings of the National Conference on Fundamentals of Crystal Growth, Anna University, Chennai -25 (Year 1999)
10. Sponsored Research Projects
FundingAgency
Title of the Project Grant Number Total Grant Status
UGC Development of polymer-CdTe-TiO2 basednanocomposites for lowcost solar cells
Rs.13,25,800 /= ongoing
DST-JSPS
Fabrication of TandemStructured ThermoelectricDevices using SiGeRelated AlloySemiconductors
Rs.4,72,000/= Completed
DST-JSPS
Growth of homogenousSiGe alloy semiconductorfor Thermoelectricapplication
Rs.4,56,000 /= Completed
DST Development of doubletungstate single crystals forRaman Laser Devices
Rs.24,00,000 /= Completed
DRDO Development of RamanLasers using Sodium basedDouble Tungstate crystalsfor LIDAR andTelecommunicationapplications
Rs.30,33,000 /= Completed
DST Development of HybridSolar Cells
Rs.18,50,000/= Completed
UGC Synthesis, Growth andcharacterization ofnanostructuredoptoelectronic materials
F.No.31-56/2005(SR)dt.27.03.2006
Rs. 4,79,000 /= Completed
IUAC Development of NLODevices from Stoichiometriclithium niobate singlecrystals
NSC/XIII.7/UFUP-38303/2780dt.29.08.2005
Rs.3,33,000/= Completed
DST Stoichiometric LithiumNiobate Single Crystals foradvanced non-lineardevices
SR/S2/LOP-16/2003dt.24.2.2005
Rs.24,00,000/= Completed
EuropeanUnion
Human ResourceDevelopment inTelecommunicationTechnologies
ASIA-LINK-CN/Asia-Link/004(81206)dt.9.11.2004
EURO 300,000(Rs.1.6 crore)
Completed
AICTE Synthesis and developmentof nano-crystalline Semi-conductor materials foradvanced applications
F.No.8022/RID/NPROJ/ RPS-125/2003-04 dt.22.3.2004
Rs. 8,00,000/= Completed
DAE(BRNS)
Development of LaserElements of DoubleTungstates for diodepumped solid state LaserApplications
No.2002/34/BRNS/1986dt.27.01.2003
Rs.11,22,500/= Completed
UGC Fast Growth of CdTe andrelated compounds
F.No.12-95/2001(SR)dated 10.5.2001
Rs. 2,07,560 /= Completed
AICTE Development andfabrication of visible LED’s,laser diodes and PICs forAdvanced Electronics
Rs. 4,00,000 /= Completed
CGC-UGC:Anna University Facility (ongoing) Rs. 8.00 crore
DAE-NLP Growth of Laser and Non-linear crystals (completed) Rs. 1.5 crore
Consultancy Work
Consultancy for the development of Thin Film Solar cells based on CIS has been on the initial stage withMs. Maharishi Solar Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
Consultancy on the Development of suitable growth technology for the high yield and improvement in thequality of the Palm Candy crystals has been initiated with the KVIC, Mumbai in collaboration with a NGO.
11. Member of the following Scientific Society /Organization
Life Member, Indian Association for Crystal Growth, INDIA
Member, Optical Society of America, USA
Member, British Association for Crystal Growth, UK.
Matching Member, American Physical Society, USA
Executive Committee Member, Asian Society on Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology, Japan
Member, Indian Laser Association, INDIA
Fellow, Tamil Nadu Academy of Sciences, Chennai, INDIA
Other Salient Achievements
Professor Coordinator for online e-tender process of Anna University since 2012
Program Manager for the EU-Asia Link Programme ongoing at Anna University.
Actively participated in the Entrance examination and Admission process of the Tamil Nadu professionalcourses.
Organising committee member of different short term and UGC- visitors programme being offered atCrystal Growth Centre.
Conferences/ Workshops / Seminars organizationCo-Convenor / Co-ordinator/Organising Committee Member of the following Programmes
[1] International School on Advanced Materials for Solid State Applications, Anna University,Madras, INDIA, 25 January - 5 February 1988
[2] International School on Technologically Important Materials for Device Applications, AnnaUniversity, Madras, INDIA, 8-15, November 1991
[3] International School on Advanced Electronic Materials, Anna University, Madras, INDIA 6-15,February, 1995
[4] International School on Crystal Growth Methods and Processes, Anna University, Chennai 25January, 2000 to February 4, 2000
[5]. International Workshop on Crystal Growth and Characterisation of Technologically importantMaterials, February, 24-28, 2004, Anna University, Chennai Co-Convenor
[6] Indo-Japan Workshop on Crystal Growth and Applications of Advanced Materials forOptoelectronics, December, 7-10, 2004, Anna University, Chennai, India Co-Convenor
[7] Asian Conference on Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology, Beijing, China, October, 16-18,2005
[8] International Workshop on Crystal Growth and Characterisation of AdvancedMaterials, January, 9-13, 2006, Anna University, Chennai Co-Convenor
[9] Symposium on Nucleation, Solution Growth and Surface Morphology, Crystal GrowthCentre, Anna University, Madras, 8-9 Jan., l990.
[10] Fifth National Seminar on Crystal Growth, Anna University, 18-20, November 1993
[11] Sixth National Seminar on Crystal Growth, Anna University, Madras 2-4, February, 1995.
[12] National Conference on Fundamentals of Crystal Growth, Anna University, Madras, 29-30,January 1996 Co-Convenor
[13] National Conference on Laser Materials, 7-8, August, 2000, CGC, Anna University, Chennai-25.
[14] National Level Crystal Growth Seminar in Tamil, 9th August, 2000, CGC, Anna University,Chennai-25
[15] National Conference on Fundamentals of Crystal Growth, 7-9, November, 2000, CGC, AnnaUniversity, Chennai - 25 Co-Convenor
[16] UGC refresher course on Recent Developments on Crystal Growth and Characterisation, 28th
May to 17th June, 2001, Anna University, Chennai-25
[17] UGC Sponsored Refresher Course on “Recent Trends in Crystal Growth and Applications”, 5-26February, 2003, Anna University, Chennai-25
[18] Ninth National Seminar on “Crystal Growth”. February 24-26, 2003, Anna University, Chennai –25
[19] UGC Sponsored Refresher Course on Recent Trends in Crystal Growth and Applications, 17,November – 7, December, 2004, Anna University, Chennai – 25 Co-Convenor
[20] Indo-Japan Workshop on Crystal Growth and Applications of Advanced Materials forOptoelectronics, December, 7-10, 2004, Anna University, Chennai, India
[21] Asian Conference on Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology, Beijing, China, October, 16-18,2005
[22] International Workshop on Crystal Growth and Characterisation of AdvancedMaterials, January, 9-13, 2006, Anna University, Chennai
[23] International Workshop on Nanoscience and Technology February, 13-17, 2006, Anna University,Chennai
[24] International Symposium on Solid State Lighting, July, 21-22, 2006, Anna University, Chennai
[25] National seminar on Crystal Growth – 11, SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai 7th
December, 2006
[26] Second National Symposium on Nonlinear optical crystals and modeling in Crystal Growth,March, 26-27, 2007, Anna University, Chennai, India
[27] Indo-German Workshop on Major aspects of Energy Research in India and Germany: Thechallenges for the Future, Anna University, June, 20-21, 2007, India
[28] UGC-State level seminar on “Recent Advancements in Physics,13-14, September, 2007 SacredHearts College, Tirupattur, India
[29] Awareness on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 19-20, September, 2007, Anna University,Chennai – 600 025
[30] Workshop on Biomaterials and Biomineralisation, February, 1, 2008, Anna University, Chennai –25
[31] National Seminar on Recent Advances in Materials Science, February, 15-16, 2008, CauveryCollege, Bharathidasan University, Trichy
[32] National Seminar on Crystal Growth, December, 17-19, 2008 SSN College, Anna University,Chennai
[33] International Physics Conference, 15-17, May, 2009, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh
[34] National Conference on “Recent Trends in Crystal Growth, Thin Films and NanostructuredMaterials”,August, 5-6, 2009, Adithanar College, Tiruchendur
[35] International Workshop on Advances in Nanoscience and Technology, Anna University, Chennai,October, 28-30, 2009
[36] National Symposium on Growth of Detector grade single crystals, November, 19-21, 2009,BARC, Mumbai
[37] 14th National Seminar on Crystal Growth, 10 - 12 March, 2010, VIT, Vellore, India
[38] International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Renewable Energy, 18-21, August, 2010,Anna University, Chennai, India
[39] Indo-Italian Advanced Level workshop on Semiconductor Nanostructures, Ultrathin Films andApplications September, 8-10, 2010, Anna University, Chennai, India
[40] Tamil Conference on Crystal Growth, Anna University, Chennai, October, 18-21, 2010
[41] International Workshop on Advanced Functional Nanomaterials, 21-24, February, 2011, AnnaUniversity, Chennai, India
[42] XV National Seminar on Crystal Growth, 23-25, February, 2011, PSN College of Engineeringand Technology, Tirunelveli, India
[43] International Conference on Optics, OPTICS, 11, May, 23-25, 2011, National Institute ofTechnology, Calicut, India.
[44] Asia Pacific Workshop on Materials Characterization, Anna University, Chennai, September, 22-24, 2011
[45] International Conference on Advanced Materials, 5-7, January, 2012, Loyola College, Chennai,India
[46] 20th National Laser Symposium, Anna University, Chennai, January, 9-13, 2012
[47] International workshop on Crystal Growth and Characterization of Advanced Materials, 17-19,December, 2012, Anna University, Chennai, India
[48] National Seminar on Crystal Growth, 20-22, December, 2012, Anna University, Chennai, India
[49] International Symposium on Semiconductor materials and Devices (ISSMD-3), 2-5, February,2015, Anna University, Chennai, India
[50] 25th National Seminar on Crystal Growth, 6-7, February, 2015, Anna University, Chennai, India.
International Conferences/Schools/Programmes Participated/chaired/delivered oral/invitedpresentations
[1] International School on Advanced Materials for Solid State Applications, Anna University,Madras, INDIA, 25 January - 5 February 1988
[2] 9th International Conference on Crystal Growth, Sendai, JAPAN, 20-25, August l989
[3] International School on Technologically Important Materials for Device Applications, AnnaUniversity, Madras, INDIA, 8-15, November 1991
[4] 10th International Conference on Crystal Growth, San Diego, USA, August, 1992
[5] 13th International Conference on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols, Salt Lake City, USA,August, 1992
[6] International School on Advanced Electronic Materials, Anna University, Madras, INDIA 6-15,February, 1995
[7] Ninth International Summer School on Crystal Growth, Papendal, Arnheim, THENETHERLANDS, 11-16, June 1995
[8] Workshop on Materials Science and Physics of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, ICTP,Trieste, ITALY, 18,Sep.-6,Oct. 1995.
[9] 70th Crystal Growth Seminar, NIRIM, Tsukuba, JAPAN, July, 15, 1997.
[10] 71st Crystal Growth Seminar, NIRIM, Tsukuba, JAPAN, October 10, 1997
[11] 72nd Crystal Growth Seminar, NIRIM, Tsukuba, JAPAN, March 6, 1998
[12] 73rd Crystal Growth Seminar, NIRIM, Tsukuba, JAPAN, October 16, 1998
[13] International Symposium on Optical Memory, AIST Auditorium, Tsukuba, JAPAN, October 19,1998
[14] 43rd Symposium on Synthetic Crystals, Osaka University, Osaka, November 12-13, 1998
[15] Ceramics Symposium, NIRIM, Tsukuba, JAPAN, December 11, 1998.
[16] International School on Crystal Growth Methods and Processes, Anna University, Chennai 25January, 2000 to February 4, 2000
[17]. International Workshop on Crystal Growth and Characterisation of Technologically importantMaterials, February, 24-28, 2004, Anna University, Chennai
[18] International Summer School on Crystal Growth, Berlin, Germany, August, 1-7, 2004
[19] International Conference on Crystal Growth – 14, Grenoble, France, August, 9-14, 2004
[20] Indo-Japan Workshop on Crystal Growth and Applications of Advanced Materials forOptoelectronics, December, 7-10, 2004, Anna University, Chennai, India
[21] Asian Conference on Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology, Beijing, China, October, 16-18,2005
[22] International Workshop on Crystal Growth and Characterisation of AdvancedMaterials, January, 9-13, 2006, Anna University, Chennai
[23] International Workshop on Nanoscience and Technology February, 13-17, 2006, Anna University,Chennai
[24] International Symposium on Solid State Lighting, July, 21-22, 2006, Anna University, Chennai,India
[25] International Workshop on Opportunities for successful cooperation with China and India,November, 20-21, 2006, Politechnico di Torino, Italy.
[26] Indo-German Workshop on Major aspects of Energy Research in India and Germany: Thechallenges for the Future, Anna University, June, 20-21, 2007, India
[27] International Conference on Crystal Growth (ICCG-15), August, 12-17, 2007, Salt Lake City,USA.
[28] 18th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference January, 19-23, 2009Science City, Kolkatta
[29] International Physics Conference, 15-17, May, 2009, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh
[30] 5th International Symposium on Laser and Nonlinear optical Materials, September, 1-5, 2009,University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
[31] International Workshop on Advances in Nanoscience and Technology, Anna University, Chennai,October, 28-30, 2009
[32] International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Renewable Energy, 18-21, August,2010, Anna University, Chennai, India
[33] Indo-Italian Advanced Level workshop on Semiconductor Nanostructures, Ultrathin Films andApplications September, 8-10, 2010, Anna University, Chennai, India
[34] International workshop on Advanced Nanovision Science, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu,Japan, January, 17-18, 2011
[35] International Workshop on Advanced Functional Nanomaterials, Anna University, Chennai,February, 21-24, 2011
[36] International Conference on Optics 11, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Calicut, May, 23-25, 2011.
[37] Asia Pacific Workshop on Materials Characterization, Anna University, Chennai, September, 22-24, 2011
[38] INDO-UK workshop on Advanced Materials and TechnologY, 27-28 July 2012, Anna University,Chennai, INDIA
[39] International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials (ANM 2012), 17-19, October, 2012, I.I.T.,Chennai, INDIA.
[40] International Conference on Renewable Energy Policy 11-15, November 2012, NationalUniversity of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan
[41] Indo-German workshop on Advanced Materials for Future Energy Requirements, 29th November,to 1st December, 2012, University of Delhi, Delhi, INDIA
[42] International Workshop on Crystal Growth and Characterization of Advanced Materials, 17-19,December, 2012, Anna University, Chennai, INDIA
[43] World Congress on Solar Energy, Kyoto Convention Centre, Kyoto, Japan during 24-26,November, 2014
National Conferences/Schools/Programmes Participated and/or delivered oral/invitedpresentations
[1] IXX National Seminar on Crystallography, Chenganacherry, Kerala, 18-20 Dec., 1987.
[2] National Seminar on GaAs and III-V Compound Semiconductors, I.I.T., Kharagpur, 28-30April, l988
[3] National Symposium on Electrochemical Materials Science, CECRI, Karaikudi, 28-30, Nov.,l988.
[4] Seminar on Advances in Plating and Coating Technology, I.I.Sc., Bangalore, July 20-22,l989
[5] XXI National Seminar on Crystallography, BARC, Bombay, 28-30 Dec., l989
[6] Symposium on Nucleation, Solution Growth and Surface Morphology, Crystal GrowthCentre, Anna University, Madras, 8-9 Jan., l990.
[7] Second National Convention of Electrochemists, CECRI, Karaikudi, Feb. 28, l990
[8] Symposium on Materials and Devices for optoelectronics, Calcutta University, Calcutta, 3-5,Sep., l990.
[9] One Day Students Meet, CSIR Unit, Madras-113, 29 Oct., l990
[10] DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, BARC, Bombay, 1-4, January, l991
[11] Ninth Colloquium for Young Physicist, Calcutta, August l99l.
[12] XXIII National Seminar on Crystallography, MREC, Jaipur, March 23-25, 1992.
[13] DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, Sri Venkateswara Univ., Tirupati, December 28, 1992 - 1January 1993.
[14] Fifth National Seminar on Crystal Growth, Anna University, 18-20, November 1993
[15] National Seminar on Crystallography and Bio-Physics, Madras University, Madras December 15-17, 1993
[16] Indo-US workshop on Nucleation and Growth in Solids, I.I.Sc., Bangalore, March 14-16, 1994.
[17] QIP Summer School On Fractal Growth and their realisation in computer vision and ComputerGraphics, I.I.T., Kharagpur, May 2-8, 1994
[18] Workshop on Electrodeposition of Thin Films, IUC, Indore, January 9-14, 1995
[19] Sixth National Seminar on Crystal Growth, Anna University, Madras 2-4, February, 1995.
[20] Workshop on Advanced Laser Spectroscopy, IIT, Kanpur, 25-28, February, 1995
[21] National Conference on Fundamentals of Crystal Growth, Anna University, Madras, 29-30,January 1996
[22] XXIII National Symposium of the Optical Society of India on Optics and Optoelectronics, IRDE,Dehradun, 14-16 March,1996
[23] National Symposium on High Power Lasers, DSC, New Delhi, 23-24, December, 1996.
[24] National Seminar on Materials Science: Recent Trends and Future, Sant Longowal Institute ofScience and Technology, Longowal, February, 24-25, 2000
[25] National Conference on Laser Materials, 7-8, August, 2000, CGC, Anna University, Chennai-25.
[26] National Level Crystal Growth Seminar in Tamil, 9th August, 2000, CGC, Anna University,Chennai-25
[27] National Conference on Fundamentals of Crystal Growth, 7-9, November, 2000, CGC, AnnaUniversity, Chennai - 25
[28] UGC refresher course on Recent Developments on Crystal Growth and Characterisation, 28th
May to 17th June, 2001, Anna University, Chennai-25
[29] UGC Sponsored Refresher Course on “Recent Trends in Crystal Growth and Applications”, 5-26February, 2003, Anna University, Chennai-25
[30] Ninth National Seminar on “Crystal Growth”. February 24-26, 2003, Anna University, Chennai –25
[31] Workshop on Radiation Detectors, 14th March, 2003, NSC, Delhi
[32] Workshop on the Utilization of Energetic ion beams in Materials Research, 29-31, July, 2003,IGCAR, Kalpakkam.
[33] UGC Sponsored Refresher Course on Recent Trends in Crystal Growth and Applications, 17,November – 7, December, 2004, Anna University, Chennai – 25
[34] 10th National Seminar on Crystal Growth at Kongu Engg. College, Erode.January, 27-29,2005
[35] AUC meeting at Nuclear Science Centre, NewDelhi. July, 15-17, 2005
[36] National Symposium on Crystal Growth and Characterisation, Loyala College, Chennai 34,September, 29-30, 2005
[37] National Conference on Preparation and Characterisation of Crystalline Materials, January, 19-21, 2006, S.T.Hindu College, Nagercoil
[38] National seminar on Crystal Growth – 11, SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai 7th
December, 2006
[39] Workshop on Materials Science and Atomic/Molecular Physics Experimentsusing Low Energy ion beam Facility, 21-22, February, 2007 IUAC New Delhi
[40] Second National Symposium on Nonlinear optical crystals and modeling in Crystal Growth,March, 26-27, 2007, Anna University, Chennai, India
[41] UGC-State level seminar on “Recent Advancements in Physics,13-14, September, 2007 SacredHearts College, Tirupattur, India
[42] 17th DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium, Baroda, Vadodara, December, 17-20, 2007.
[43] 52nd DAE Solid State Physics Symposiu, Mysore, December, 27-31, 2007
[44] Workshop on Biomaterials and Biomineralisation, February, 1, 2008, Anna University, Chennai.
[45] National Seminar on Recent Advances in Materials Science, February, 15-16, 2008, CauveryCollege, Bharathidasan University, Trichy
[46] Workshop on Molecular Electronics, Bio-Sensors and other organic devices as a part of EACmeeting of DST, May, 22-23, 2008, BARC, Mumbai
[47] SERC summer school on Molecular Electronics at I.I.T., Kanpur, July, 7 to July, 18, 2008
[48] 18th National Laser Symposium 7-10, January, 2009 LASTEC, DRDO, New Delhi
[49] National Workshop on Crystal Growth and Characterisation, 16th March, 2009 AlagappaUniversity, Karaikudi
[50] National Symposium on Growth of detector grade single crystals, November, 19-21, 2009, BARC,Mumbai, India
[51] 54th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, M.S.University, Baroda, December, 14-18, 2009
[52] 14th National Seminar on Crystal Growth, 10 - 12 March, 2010, VIT, Vellore, India
[53] 19th National Laser Symposium, RRCAT, Indore, December, 1-4, 2010
[54] XV National Seminar on Crystal Growth, PSN College of Engineering and Technology,Tirunelveli, February, 23-25, 2011
[55] 20th National Laser Symposium, Anna University, Chennai, January, 8-10, 2012
[56] 41st National Seminar on Crystallography, October 8-10, 2012, University of Madras, Chennai,INDIA
[57] National Conference on Nanomaterials - 2012 (NCN-2012), 3 - 4, December 2012, KarunyaUniversity, Coimbatore, INDIA
[58] Twenty Fourth National Seminar on Crystal Growth, 20-22, December, 2012, Anna University,Chennai, INDIA
[59] National Seminar on Recent Trends in Crystal Growth and Nano Materials (NSCGNM-2013),National College, Trichy, 13-15, March, 2013
[60] “Refresher Course in Nano Sciences”, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, 21 October, to 11,November, 2013
[61] National Laser Symposium (NLS 22), January 08-11,2014 Manipal Institute ofTechnology, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
[62] UGC sponsored National Seminar on Recent Advances in Materials Science, BharthidasanUniversity, Tiruchirappalli, 3-4, February, 2014
[63] National Conference on Materials for Energy storage and conversion (MEScon - 2014), PSNEngineering college, Tirunelveli, during 4-5th September, 2014
[64] DAE - BRNS sponsored National conference on Materials for Modern World (NCMMW - 2014),Eswari Engineering college, Chennai, during 10-11th September, 2014